Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
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| Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany | |
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| Location of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany | |
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| Location of Germany | |
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| Parts of Brandenburg are now in Poland. Heegermühle is in Germany. | |
| Record Description | |
| Record Type | Miscellaneous |
| Collection years: | 1559-1945 |
| Languages: | German |
| Title in the Language: | Deutschland, Preußen, Brandenburg, Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Ausgewählte Sammlungen |
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| Kreisarchiv Ostprignitz-Ruppin | |
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains miscellaneous records for various cities in the Landkreis of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Prussia. Records include alien registrations, birth registers, citizen rolls, city directories, census records, military records, and population registrations. The original records are located in the Kreisarchiv Ostprignitz-Ruppin.
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What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Name
- Birthdate
- Deathdate
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Collection Content
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1788 Citizen Roll
Citizen List
Miscellaneous Image
1879 Miscellaneous Image
Miscellaneous Image
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I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?
- Consult the Germany Record Finder to find other records*Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, German Civil Registration records or German Church records may be more useful
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